Difference between revisions of "HCA 30/636/3"
(Created page with "'''This page is the home page for volunteers working on HCA 30/636/3 materials'''") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''This page is the home page for volunteers working on HCA 30/636/3 materials''' | '''This page is the home page for volunteers working on HCA 30/636/3 materials''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[File:HCA 30 636 3 Andrew Hardy Abraham 1636 1637.JPG|600px|thumb|left|HCA 30/636/3 Andrew Hardey/Hardee's account book for voyage to Barbados in the ship the Abraham]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[File:Abraham Hardy Account Book Wages HCA 30 636.JPG|400px|thumb|right|HCA 30/636/3 Andrew Hardey/Hardee's account book for voyage to Barbados in the ship the Abraham - extract from wages schedules]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | '''The sub-category HCA 30/636/3 consists of one document, which is a well preserved leather bound account book belonging to Andrew Hardey (also written as Hardee), master of a ship named the Abraham.''' | ||
| + | |||
| + | The book is in Andrew Hardey's own hand and contains the accounts for his voyage, a schedule of wages for his mariners, and various notes about the voyage. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Everything else remains for the team to find out! | ||
| + | |||
| + | We can tell you that Andrew Hardey died in 1637 in Middleburg, shortly after the arrival of his ship the Abraham with a lading of tobacco from Barbados. You can read Hardey's will (PROB 11/174/472], a copy of which is at the National Archives in Kew and is also [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D872358 available online, just waiting to be transcribed and explored]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[File:Andrew Hardie Shadwell 1637 One.JPG|400px|thumb|right|PRO 11/174/472 Will of Andrew Hardey, mariner of Shadwell, master of the Abraham, 1637]] | ||
Revision as of 09:12, October 14, 2021
This page is the home page for volunteers working on HCA 30/636/3 materials
The sub-category HCA 30/636/3 consists of one document, which is a well preserved leather bound account book belonging to Andrew Hardey (also written as Hardee), master of a ship named the Abraham.
The book is in Andrew Hardey's own hand and contains the accounts for his voyage, a schedule of wages for his mariners, and various notes about the voyage.
Everything else remains for the team to find out!
We can tell you that Andrew Hardey died in 1637 in Middleburg, shortly after the arrival of his ship the Abraham with a lading of tobacco from Barbados. You can read Hardey's will (PROB 11/174/472], a copy of which is at the National Archives in Kew and is also available online, just waiting to be transcribed and explored.
